little writer!

Dennis learned a new skill today. He told me late this afternoon that he wanted to learn to write his name. We worked on it for a little while before we went to church, and when I picked him up from his class, I saw that he had written letter D's all over his papers. In the car on the way home, he was saying "D-E-N-N-I-S" and writing his name in the air with his finger. He put pen to paper (or dry erase marker to dry erase board, as it were) when we got home, and with a little more coaching and a little more practice, he wrote his name completely by himself, twice. We are so proud! Maybe it's typical for a three-year-old, we don't know, but we think he's phenomenal! He also remembered one time a few months back when he was asking me for a cake at Wal-Mart and I told him we would let him choose his own one day when he learned to write his name by himself. It happened sooner than I anticipated, and we found ourselves at Wal-Mart pretty late this evening. He picked out a miniature Black Forest cake. He told the greeter on the way in that he was getting a cake to celebrate learning to write his name by himself (and he called Gran and told her the same thing). When the cashier asked him what his cake was for, he said "dessert!" and grabbed the bag and took off. The little bit he shared with us was delicious, and he insisted on saving the rest to share with Gran and Pop tomorrow.